IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1002: Conceptualizing Value in Early Medieval Britain and Ireland, I: Ireland and the Vikings

Wednesday 9 July 2014, 09.00-10.30

Sponsor:	Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge
Organiser:	Rory Naismith, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge
Moderator/Chair:	Rory Naismith, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge
Paper 1002-a	The Economy of the Irish Sea Region in the Viking Age (Language: English) Clare Downham, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool Index terms: Economics - Trade, Geography and Settlement Studies, Maritime and Naval Studies
Paper 1002-b	Valuation and Payment in Early Medieval Ireland (Language: English) Andrew Woods, York Museums Trust Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Economics - Trade, Numismatics
Paper 1002-c	Coinage and Bullion in the Danelaw: A True Bullion Economy? (Language: English) Jane Kershaw, Institute of Archaeology, University College London Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Economics - General, Economics - Rural
Abstract	Concepts of value were highly flexible in early medieval Britain and Ireland. This session focuses on the Irish Sea region and the 'Danelaw' in England: both areas where customs dictating forms of exchange and concepts of value were shaped by the intermingling of different cultural traditions, and characterised by fluid interchange between coins and bullion from diverse sources as well as by circulation of commodities of other kinds which bore some 'monetary' characteristics. The expanding corpus of archaeological and metal-detected finds plays a prominent role in this session, which showcases a collaboration of leading names in archaeology, history and numismatics.